13 Halloween Language Activities for Learning Spooky Spanish Words

Halloween vocabulary brings fun and games to any Spanish classroom this time of the year. 

Whether you’re celebrating Halloween this year or not, teaching your students useful vocabulary for the festivities is guaranteed to elevate their Spanish skills no matter their age.  

Enhance your student’s confidence and make the most of the season with this engaging list of 13 Halloween language activities for learning spooky Spanish words.

Learning Halloween Vocabulary in Spanish Is Fun

There’s more to Halloween than tricks and treats! 

El día de brujas (Halloween) is a very special holiday for kids of all ages. It’s the perfect opportunity to introduce Halloween words in Spanish into the classroom because kids learn and have fun at the same time.

Halloween vocabulary expands their communication possibilities and prepares them to have meaningful conversations. The more young students are exposed to a language, the more they’re able to absorb it and use it intuitively. 

Plus, Halloween language activities improve your students’ reading, listening, pronunciation, and Spanish-speaking skills in general.

Take advantage of the Halloween spirit and use this amusing list of 13 Halloween Language Activities for your Spanish classroom. 

Halloween Language Activities for Preschoolers

1. Halloween Vocabulary Sensory Bin

Prepare a sensory bin and stimulate your child with some hands-on learning!

You can use a plastic crate and squishy water beads. Make sure to hide in the sensory bins items you can get in the dollar store like character figurines and small toys. 

Consider the following Halloween words in Spanish inside the sensory bin:

• murciélago (bat)
• fantasma (ghost)
• calabaza (pumpkin)
• calavera (skull)
• bruja (witch)
• gato (cat)
• araña (spider)
• vampiro (vampire)

Make sure to practice with the students the Halloween words in Spanish as they play with the bin. 

2. Halloween in Spanish Songs

Music is a fantastic and entertaining resource for teaching Halloween vocabulary to young Spanish students. It allows students to improve listening skills and pronunciation. 

Music and videos are some of the best Halloween language activities. You get your students to move and add a fun dynamic to your Spanish classroom. 

Here’s a list of Halloween songs in Spanish you can use for this lesson. 

• Los monstruos (The monsters)
• Feliz Halloween (Happy Halloween)
• Soy una calabaza (I am a pumpkin)
• Las calaveras salen de su tumba (The skulls come out of their grave)
• ¡Toc, toc! ¿Dulce o truco? (Knock, knock. Trick or treat?)

3. Decorating Halloween Cookies

Bake or buy basic Halloween cookies, as well as some store white frosting for decorating them. You can use food coloring for preparing different colors. 

Allow each of your students to decorate their own Halloween cookie using a sleeve with the colored icing of their choice. You can also use gummies, candy corn, and other sweets

Out of all the Halloween language activities you can do, this one is delicious and out of the ordinary. You allow your students’ creativity and imagination to fly. It’s a fantastic chance for them to practice Halloween words in Spanish along with colors in Spanish vocabulary.

In case you need to review the Colors in Spanish for Preschoolers ahead of the activity, you can read this insightful blog post. 

Halloween Language Activities for Elementary Level

4. Halloween Bingo

Bingo is a classic game that everybody loves and adapts to any Spanish topic. Print out our Halloween bingo cards and use them in class for teaching Halloween vocabulary to your Spanish students. 

Bingo is an exciting game and encourages healthy competition while learning. Our cards are packed with Halloween words in Spanish and fun illustrations. Bingo can help your students improve their Spanish listening and reading. 

5. All About My Halloween Costume in Spanish

This activity is similar to show and tell. 

Have each of your students draw and color on a piece of paper their favorite Halloween costume. 

Once they’re done, allow them to share their work with the rest of the classroom and describe it using Halloween words in Spanish, colors, materials, and adjectives. 

Here’s a list of Spanish phrases you can put on the board as a guide.

• Mi disfraz de día de brujas es… (My halloween costume is…)
• Mi disfraz está hecho de… (My costume is made of…)
• Para celebrar el día de brujas me disfrazo de… (To celebrate halloween I dress up as…)
• Me gusta mi disfraz del día de brujas porque… (I like my halloween costume because…)

Add some adjectives on the board for the kids to use. Read this Massive List of Adjectives in Spanish for Beginners as a reference. 

6. Halloween Story Time!

Reading in Spanish is fundamental for young students. Support your children by teaching them Halloween words in Spanish with a fun and spooky story. 

Spanish literature is just what you need for your students to get familiarized with new vocabulary and for them to use it naturally. As they read, they develop writing, pronunciation, listening, and conversational skills. Reading in Spanish also enables them to contextualize and further comprehend social scenarios. 

Here’s a list of Halloween stories in Spanish you can use in the classroom. 

• ¡Es la hora de los esqueletos! (It’s skeleton time!)
• El horror de los vegetales de Halloween (Halloween vegetable horror)
• Las zanahorias maléficas (The evil carrots)
• ¡Es noche de brujas! (It ‘s Halloween!)

7. Halloween Match Game

Match games improve concentration and attention. They’re also perfect for reinforcing visual recognition. Use our match game template and teach your students Halloween words in Spanish in a fun and appealing way. 

Get inspired by this list of 7 Amusing Spanish Memory Games for Kids. 

Halloween Language Activities for Middle School

8. Halloween Scavenger Hunt

Take the classroom outside and go searching for Halloween vocabulary elements in your neighborhood. 

Looking at the physical elements allows students to identify them easily and memorize the word in Spanish. 

This is one of those Halloween language activities where the more the merrier! Feel free to invite friends and family to encourage teamwork and collaboration. 

Here’s a list of Halloween words in Spanish you can include in your scavenger hunt. 

English	Spanish
bats	murciélagos
broom	escoba
chocolates	chocolates
gravestone	tumba
gummies	gomitas
jack-o-lanterns	linternas
mummy	momia
pumpkin	calabaza
pumpkin patch	huerto de calabazas
scarecrow	espantapájaros
spiders	arañas
spiderwebs	telarañas
vampires	vampiro
witch	bruja

9. Halloween Recipes

Follow a recipe in Spanish and prepare some Halloween treats with your students. Make sure to review the Halloween words in Spanish as you source the ingredients and cook.

Here are some quirky and unique Halloween recipes in Spanish for you to get inspired. 

10. Visit a Pumpkin Patch

Visiting a pumpkin patch is a quintessential part of celebrating Halloween. 

Take advantage of the field trip and use this opportunity to practice Halloween vocabulary with your students. 

A pumpkin patch gives you an enchanting environment for you to take your lessons outside and make them more dynamic.

Have the students share in Spanish what they loved the most about the visit and start a conversation! 

Halloween Language Activities for High School

11. Make a Halloween Haunted House

High school students certainly love Halloween and are open to spooky activities. 

Transform your classroom or home into a haunted house together. I suggest you integrate as much decor as possible and challenge your imagination by taking a DIY approach.

Give your students blank labels and have them write Halloween Spanish words to mark the different elements from the vocabulary in the casa embrujada (haunted house). 

Who doesn’t enjoy a spooky surprise occasionally? Out of all the Halloween language activities you can do with high school students, this one will definitely get them excited. 

Here are some DIY Haunted House Ideas you can consider for using as many Halloween Spanish words as possible. 

12. Spanish Book Club

Encourage Spanish reading habits during Halloween. 

The results of reading Spanish literature are highly rewarding and elevates critical thinking. 

Start a book club with your students where you can discuss different titles. You can set reading goals and include rewards to keep them motivated. 

Choose entertaining and spooky titles suitable for young adults from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, and more. 

The possibilities for students to pick up Halloween vocabulary and other relevant terms through this activity are endless. 

13. Halloween Movie Marathon

High school students enjoy a good movie classic! 

Set up a Halloween movie marathon in Spanish where you challenge their Spanish listening and reading skills. 

You can have an open discussion in Spanish after the show where your students talk about their favorite parts, likes, and dislikes.

Make sure to choose a movie that fits your audience and doesn’t take the spookiness too far. Choosing kid-friendly movies with plenty of Halloween Spanish words is the right way to go.

Here’s a list of fun and entertaining movies you can look for in streaming platforms in Spanish audio. 

• Pesadilla antes de navidad (Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas)
• El retorno de las brujas (Hocus Pocus)
• La familia Addams (The Addams Family)
• Las cazafantasmas (Ghostbusters)
• Gasparín (Casper)
• Halloweentown ¡Qué familia la mía! (Halloweentown)
• La Mansión Embrujada (The Haunted Mansion)

¡Dulce o Truco!

Time to go trick or treating in Spanish and take your child’s new Halloween vocabulary for a spin!

Children and young students, in general, have the capacity of gaining fluency fast. Get your children speaking Spanish with a native speaker from Guatemala! They’ll teach them all sorts of seasonal vocabulary and words. 

Sign up for a free class, 1-on-1 or 2-on-1, we also have group class options that act as support for Spanish teachers or cater to schools looking for native Spanish instructors.

Kids are able to understand complex grammar rules and concepts. Spanish allows them to connect with their community and understand diversity. Due to the popularity of Spanish in this day and age, young students are bound to encounter Spanish-speaking friends, teachers, and more. 

Give your kids the gift of taking their communication skills to a whole new level and enrich their lives. 

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